A prince from a certain American comic book

Ike's eyes were as deep as the blue of the ocean, and a mocking smile appeared on his lips: "If this is the kind of cooperation, it is not worth the two godhoods I have given you."

Mephisto's smile remained unchanged as he said, "This is the only way. Don't forget, you're on Hell's blacklist. If I make a deal with you, I'll be violating the rules I set up to manage the demons."

Ike sneered repeatedly.

“Furthermore, I am a god myself, and your promise is of little use to me. However, due to…” Mephisto glanced at the Ancient One sitting alone drinking tea before returning to his senses and saying, “In short, I have not broken our deal. If you want the Necronomicon, I can fuse one for you, but you will have to wait three years.”

Ike lowered his head, his eyes flickering.

One is the Necronomicon, which is currently out in existence.

One is that it takes time to wait.

But without a doubt, with the first readily available Necronomicon, Ike knew with a grain of salt that some kind of trouble was bound to come his way.

As for the reason?

Do we need a reason?

In any case, from the moment he left the extraordinary world, he has been adhering to the most basic Ike First Law.

The second option is safer, but it would mean that the divine kingdom would waste three hundred years of its time.

Correct.

The river of time can accelerate the divine kingdom, which currently has no living beings, without limit. However, once living beings appear, the acceleration of the river of time for the living beings in the divine kingdom will at most be one year equal to one hundred years...

To be honest, Ike prefers the latter.

and so on.

However, it has only been twenty-three years since the Ancient One died in the original timeline, so at most, it has accelerated by two hundred and thirteen years.

How long have the five gods in the universe existed?

Let's just talk about Thanos, without even mentioning the five gods.

Jesus Christ.

Time is precious, time waits for no one, time is...

I'll think about it.

Ike looked up at Mephisto and said in a deep voice, "Where is that Necronomicon?"

Mephisto was just about to speak.

Ike added directly, "Don't tell me you don't know. If you dare say that, then we're all done playing."

Mephisto shook his head and said, "I know."

Ike chuckled and said, "Not at all."

Mephisto shook his head and said, "He was taken away by a servant who was originally there to collect souls for me. Find him, and you will find the Necronomicon you need."

Upon hearing this, Ike sneered and looked up, saying, "Are you playing me?"

Mephisto shook his head again.

The Ancient One, who had been sitting there, spoke up: "Mephisto is right. You actually know that demon who escaped from Hell with the Necronomicon."

Ike turned to look at the Ancient One.

The Ancient One looked up and met Ike's gaze, saying, "Jack Freeman."

Ike frowned.

Jack Freeman?

This name sounds familiar.

next second.

After circling the river of time, Ike reopened his eyes, looking at Mephisto with a mocking expression, and said, "Mephisto, do you think I would believe that a ferryman whose life and death are in your hands, who is dedicated to collecting souls for you, would steal the Necronomicon and then brazenly escape your control?"

Mephisto, his expression unchanged, said, "To be precise, it was the ferrymen who obeyed me who betrayed me during the Apocalypse Rebellion."

Ike was speechless.

Ok.

He had heard about Mephisto's methods in Hell.

Let's say that.

If it weren't for the fact that there are no human rights in Hell, Mephisto would have been permanently nailed to the so-called pillar of shame for being a tyrant.

Ike scoffed, "You're really popular."

Mephisto said, "In short, I came up here this time to clear out the previous batch of ferrymen, but that damned bug has already used the aura of the Necronomicon to cover his tracks. Even the aura of the Necronomicon is weakening. He is injecting his soul into the Necronomicon in an attempt to become the new Lord of the Dead."

As Ike listened to Mephisto's account, his expression grew increasingly strange.

He felt the plot looked familiar.

It wasn't that I was thinking of some kind of messy plot, but rather that I was reminded of how many newbie heroes are tricked into saving the world in this way.

Mephisto finished speaking.

Ike stroked his chin and gave Mephisto a smile.

next second.

Ike turned and walked away, saying, "It's only three years. I can wait that long."

Trying to trick him into saving the world?

Brain watted.

Do you really think the two divine positions he promised are as easy as cabbages?

What are you thinking about?

Mephisto and the Ancient One were completely bewildered.

Five minutes later.

With an icy expression, Ike said to the Sorcerer Supreme and the Lord of Hell before him, "Don't try to provoke my bottom line again. This is the last time."

The Ancient One sighed and said, "Ike, in the endless future, I see three thousand eight hundred and forty-five futures."

Ike said coldly, "So?"

"Of these futures, 3,843 are futures where the universe returns to complete silence."

"so……"

"Of these 3,843 futures, you are destined for ruin, and you are destined for destruction."

"……so."

"We're doing this simply to lead you toward justice."

"..."

Ike looked up at the Sorcerer Supreme and said with a cold smile, "Sorcerer Supreme, I think you've forgotten one thing. I am the King, the King of the great kingdom of Arendelle. What I say is the truth, and what I do is justice."

When the king does something, it is right whether it is right or wrong.

When the king speaks, what is right is right, and what is wrong is right.

This is the right way.

Ike was instilled with this idea by his sister Elsa from a young age.

World destruction?

Even if he were to destroy the world in the future, there is no doubt that he would have his own reasons for doing so.

The Venerable Master was slightly speechless.

She had just forgotten that she was not facing an ordinary person, or even an ordinary extraordinary being, but the successor of an extraordinary kingdom that possessed a vast kingdom and could send an army to wipe out the outside world with a single command.

quite a while.

Ike stood up and sighed, "It seems this cooperation is ultimately not going to work out. Oh well, business is business, but goodwill is still important. Let's part ways amicably."

Ancient One quickly stopped him: "...Wait."

Ike looked at the Ancient One expressionlessly and said in a deep voice, "Sorcerer Supreme, I respect you because my father and sister respect you, but that doesn't mean you can fool me three times. If you do it again, congratulations, all 3,845 futures you see will be reduced to just one."

Ancient One said, "I'm only doing this for the future..."

Ike interrupted him directly, saying, "The future is changing every second. You're too obsessed with the future in the long river of time, which is why I never try to peek into the future."

Of course.

Most importantly, Ekko sees his own future, so he's too lazy to care about other people's futures...

After half an hour.

The Kree ship, now in stealth mode, took off again and hurtled towards Baltimore.

On the spaceship.

The spaceship is piloted by Jerry the mouse, who has inflated himself.

Sitting in the passenger seat, Ike was engrossed in watching a parchment scroll that was burning.

The parchment scroll contained the contents of the agreement signed between Ike and Mephisto.

As for the details?

It simply stated the time, place, and details of the transaction between Mephisto and Ike, along with some miscellaneous additional conditions.

There are many additional conditions.

Overall, however, this agreement is still within Ike's acceptable range.

no way.

There are three ways to give a divine kingdom a soul, but Mephisto is the safest one right now.

The other two?

One is the River Crab Divine Beast, a terrifying behemoth that is said to roam the endless star field. It is so powerful that even the Primordial God could slap it with a single palm. Ike has no intention of provoking it first.

One possibility is death. As I said before, attracting the attention of that immigrant spaceship goddess at this point in time is practically courting death.